Elected officials · Republican
Harold Hitz Burton
Held 5 offices on file, 1936-1958.
About Harold Hitz Burton
Written from the offices on file here and the facts Wikidata holds (the Wikidata item).
Harold Hitz Burton (1888-1964) was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and is on record as a mayor of Cleveland (1936-1941), a United States senator (1941-1945), an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (1945-1958) and an Ohio state representative.
Harold Hitz Burton studied at Harvard Law School and Bowdoin College. Harold Hitz Burton's occupations on record: judge and lawyer. Harold Hitz Burton died in Washington, D.C. in 1964, aged 76, and is buried at Highland Park Cemetery, Ohio.
- Followed Harry Lyman Davis as mayor of Cleveland
- Was followed by James W. Huffman as United States senator
Offices held
Oldest first. Back-to-back terms in the same seat are one row.
| Years | Office | Party | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1936 to 1941 | Mayor of Cleveland | Followed Harry Lyman Davis. Followed by Edward J. Blythin. | wikidata.org | |
| 1941 to 1945 | United States senator | Republican | bioguide.congress.gov | |
| 1943 to 1945 | United States senator, Ohio Class 1 senate seat | wikidata.org | ||
| 1944 to 1945 | Vice Chairman of the United States Senate Republican Conference | Followed Wallace H. White. Followed by Chan Gurney. | wikidata.org | |
| 1945 | United States senator, Ohio Class 1 senate seat | Followed by James W. Huffman. | wikidata.org | |
| 1945 to 1958 | Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States | Followed Owen Roberts. Followed by Potter Stewart. | wikidata.org | |
| dates not on file | Ohio state representative | wikidata.org |
Records about this person
- wikidata · wikidata.org
- wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org
- bioguide · bioguide.congress.gov
- govtrack · govtrack.us
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